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At the world climate summit in Egypt, a hard battle for an ambitious final declaration is visible. The first key points for the newspaper were moved on Tuesday Criticism from climate protection organizations on your own.

The head of the Greenpeace team in Sharm el Sheikh, Yeb Sano, said he was “appalled” by the climate crisis not even spoken of the inevitable exit from oil, gas and coal shall. It is not credible that Egyptian conference chair Samih Schukri simply forgot the point – despite suggestions from the likes of India and the EU.

The meeting with representatives from about 200 countries ends on Friday. Egypt’s COP27 special envoy Wael Abulmagd said the presidency will do everything it can to reach an agreement. But it is also clear that the negotiations can be “expensive”. Previous climate summits were often extended.

Greenpeace representative Sano complained at the conference of The influence of the oil, gas and coal lobby was clearly felt to be.

Compete for a 1.5 degree target

Key points collected by the Egyptian host also mention that more climate protection efforts are urgently needed to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees compared to pre-industrial times, as agreed in Paris in 2015.

The US climate commissioner John Kerry reported a few days ago that some states did not want to mention the 1.5 degree target in the final statement. But Egypt certainly does not want to stage a regression on the issue, Kerry said. Ambassador Abulmagd remained vague on the subject. “There are different opinions on every subject”, he said. As a presidency, you have to talk to all parties.

Activists in Egypt made it clear once again that all previous efforts are far from enough to bring the Earth even close to the 1.5 degree path.

That is what prominent African climate activist Vanessa Nakate asked in a panel with representatives from various governments. Unfortunately, according to her impression, many state leaders still do Focus on making new deals with fossil fuel companies to survive the next election. Droughts, heatwaves, floods and wildfires are becoming more frequent around the world – with only about 1.2 degrees of warming currently. “No one is safe anymore!” says Nacate.

(yam/sda/dpa)